UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Prospective students, applying for part-time or full-time undergraduate programs of
study, in day or evening classes, must file a complete undergraduate application as
described in the undergraduate admission booklet. The $55 nonrefundable application fee
should be in the form of a check or money order payable to The California State University
and may not be transferred or used to apply to another term. An alternate campus and major
may be indicated on the application, but applicants should list as an alternate campus
only a CSU campus that also offers the major. Generally, an alternate major is considered
at the first choice campus before an application is redirected to an alternate choice
campus.

Impacted Programs

The CSU designates programs as impacted when more applications are received in the
first month of the filing period than can be accommodated. Some programs are impacted at
every campus where they are offered; others are impacted only at some campuses. Students
must meet supplementary admissions criteria if applying to an impacted program.

The CSU will announce with the opening of the fall filing period which programs are
impacted and the supplementary criteria campuses will use. That announcement will be
published in the CSU Review, distributed to high school and college counselors.
Information about the supplementary criteria is also sent to program applicants.

Students must file an application for admission to an impacted program during the first
month of the filing period. Further, students who wish to be considered for an impacted
program at two or more campuses must file an application to each.

Supplementary Admission Criteria

Each campus with impacted programs uses supplementary admission criteria in screening
applicants. Supplementary criteria may include ranking on the freshman eligibility index,
the overall transfer grade point average, completion of specified prerequisite
courses, and a combination of campus-developed criteria.
If a student is required to submit scores on either the SAT I or the ACT, the test should
be taken no later than November if applying for fall admission.

The supplementary admission criteria used by the individual campuses to screen
applicants appear periodically in the CSU Review and are sent by the campuses to
all applicants seeking admission to an impacted program.

Unlike unaccommodated applicants to locally impacted programs who may be redirected to
another campus in the same major, unaccommodated applicants to systemwide impacted
programs may not be redirected in the same major but may choose an alternate major either
at the first choice campus or another campus.

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Test Requirements

Freshman and transfer applicants who have fewer than 56 semester or 84 quarter units of
transferable college credit must submit scores, unless exempt (consult Eligibility Index
below), from either the ACT or the SAT of the College Board. If applying to an impacted
program on campus and test scores are required, the applicant should take the test
no later than November or early
December. Test scores are also used for advising and placement purposes.
Registration forms and dates for the SAT I or ACT are available from school or college
counselors or from the campus Testing Office. Or, write to or call:

TOEFL Requirement. All undergraduate applicants, regardless of
citizenship, who have not attended schools at the secondary level or above for at least
three years full time where English is the principal language of instruction must present
a score of 500 (paper-based test) or 173 (computer-based test) or above on the Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Second baccalaureate applicants must present a score of 550
(paper-based test) or 213 (computer-based test) or above on the
TOEFL.

Systemwide Placement Test Requirements

The California State University requires each entering undergraduate, except
those who qualify for an exemption, to take the CSU Entry Level Mathematics
(ELM) examination and the CSU English Placement Test (EPT) after admission and prior to enrollment. These
placement tests are not a condition for admission to the CSU, but they are a
condition of enrollment. They are designed to identify entering students who may
need additional support in acquiring basic English and mathematics skills
necessary to succeed in CSU baccalaureate-level courses. Undergraduate students
who do not demonstrate college-level skills both in English and in mathematics
will be placed in appropriate remedial programs and activities during the first
term of their enrollment. (See Undergraduate
Graduation Requirements for further information regarding the Entry Level Mathematics
[ELM] examination and English Placement Test [EPT].)

FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN APPLICANTS

A student qualifies for regular admission as a first-time freshman if he/she:

is a high school graduate,

has a qualifiable eligibility index (see Eligibility Index below), and

has completed with grades of C or better each of the courses in the comprehensive
pattern of college preparatory subject requirements (see Subject Requirements).

Eligibility IndexThe eligibility index
is the combination of the high school grade point average and the score on either the ACT or
the SAT. The grade point
average is based on grades earned during the final three years of high school (excluding
physical education and military science) and bonus points for approved honors courses.

Up to eight semesters of honors courses taken in the last two years of high school can
be accepted. Each unit with a grade of A in an honors course will receive a total of
5 points; B, 4 points; and C, 3 points.

A student can calculate the index by multiplying the grade point average by 800 and
adding the total score on the SAT I. Or, if the student took the ACT, multiply the
grade point average by 200 and add ten times the ACT composite score. A California high
school graduate (or a resident of California for tuition purposes), needs a minimum index
of 2900 using the SAT I or 694 using the ACT; the Eligibility Index Table illustrates
several combinations of required test scores and averages.

If a student neither graduated from a California high school nor is a resident of
California for tuition purposes, a minimum index of 3502 (SAT I) or 842 (ACT) is
needed.

Applicants with grade point averages of 3.00 or above (3.61 for nonresidents) are
exempt from submitting test scores. However, applicants are urged to take the SAT
I
or ACT since campuses use test results for advising and placement purposes.

A student qualifies for regular admission when the university verifies that he/she has
a qualifiable eligibility index and will have completed the comprehensive pattern of
college preparatory subjects and, if applying to an impacted program, meets supplementary
criteria.

Graduates of secondary school in foreign countries must be judged to have academic
preparation and abilities equivalent to applicants eligible under this section.

NOTE: A grade point average of 3.00 and above qualifies with any score
on the ACT or SAT I. A grade point average of below 2.00 does not qualify for regular
admission.

Subject Requirements

The California State University requires that first-time freshman applicants complete,
with grades of C or better, a comprehensive pattern of college preparatory study totaling
fifteen units. A "unit" is one year of study in high school. Within the fifteen
units completed, up to one unit (one year) in visual and performing arts or foreign
language may be missing and offset by a college preparatory course(s) in other areas. The
missing unit of visual and performing arts or foreign language must be completed either
prior to, or by the end of the first year, of CSU enrollment. This provision is effective
through the 2001-2003 academic year.

English: 4 years

Mathematics: 3 years of algebra, geometry, and intermediate
algebra

U.S. History or U.S. History and Government: 1 year

Science: 1 year with laboratory (biology, chemistry, physics,
or other acceptable laboratory science)

Foreign Language: 2 years in the same language (subject to
waiver for applicants demonstrating equivalent competence)

Visual and Performing Arts: 1 year in art, dance,
drama/theater, or music

Applicants seeking admission as first-time freshmen for the Fall
2003 or later terms will have the same preparatory course requirements for admission to both
the California State University and the University of California. The preparatory course
admission requirements for both systems will be the completion of the following courses with a
grade of C or better: four years of English, three years of math (algebra, geometry, and
intermediate algebra), two years of U.S. history or social science, two years of laboratory
science, two years of foreign language, one year of visual or performing arts, and one year of
electives chosen from one of the areas above.

Subject Requirement Substitution for Students with Disabilities.
Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to complete college preparatory course
requirements if at all possible. If an applicant is judged unable to fulfill a specific
course requirement because of his or her disability, alternate college preparatory courses
may be substituted for specific subject requirements. Substitutions may be authorized on
an individual basis after review and recommendation by the applicant's academic adviser or
guidance counselor in consultation with the director of a CSU disabled students services
program. Although the distribution may be slightly different from the course pattern
required of other students, students qualifying for substitutions will still be held for
fifteen units of college preparatory study. Students should be aware that course
substitutions may limit later enrollment in certain majors, particularly those involving
mathematics. For further information and substitution forms, please call the director of
the Disability Resource Center at this campus.

Foreign Language Subject Requirement. The foreign language subject
requirement may be satisfied by applicants who demonstrate competence in a language other
than English equivalent to or higher than expected of students who complete two years of
foreign language study. Consult with a school counselor or the campus admissions office or
Student Outreach Services for further information.

Making Up Missing College Preparatory Subject Requirements

Lower division applicants who did not complete the subject requirements while in high
school may make up missing subjects in any of the following ways.

Complete appropriate courses with a C or better in adult school or high school summer
sessions.

Complete appropriate college courses with a C or better. One college course of at least
three semester or four quarter units is considered equivalent to one year of high school
study.

Earn acceptable scores on specified examinations.

Please consult with any CSU admissions office for further information about alternative
ways to satisfy the subject requirements.

NOTE: All entering undergraduate students must take the Entry Level
Mathematics (ELM) and the English Placement Test (EPT) after admission but prior to their
first term of enrollment unless otherwise exempt. (See Undergraduate
Graduation Requirements for further information.)

Provisional Admission

San Francisco State University may provisionally admit first-time freshmen applicants
based on their academic preparation through the junior year of high school and planned for
the senior year. The campus monitors the senior year of study to ensure that those so
admitted complete their senior year of studies satisfactorily, including the required
college preparatory subjects, and graduate from high school.

High School Students

Students still enrolled in high school are considered for enrollment in certain special
programs if recommended by the principal and the appropriate campus department chair and
if preparation is equivalent to that required of eligible California high school
graduates. Such admission is only for a given program and does not constitute the right to
continued enrollment.

TRANSFER APPLICANTS

Students who complete college units during high school or through the summer
between high school graduation and fall enrollment in the California State
University are considered first-time freshmen and must meet those admission
requirements.

Applicants who graduated from high school prior to 1988 should contact the
Admissions Office to inquire about alternative admission programs.

Transferable courses are those designated for baccalaureate credit by the college or
university offering the courses.

Lower Division Transfer Requirements

Students who have completed 55 or fewer transferable semester college units
(83 or fewer quarter units) at the time of entrance into SFSU are considered lower division transfer students.
Lower division transfer students qualify for admission if they have a grade
point average of 2.0 (C) or better in all transferable units attempted, are in
good standing at the last college or university attended, and meet any of the following standards:

Meet the freshman admission requirements in effect for the term to which
they are applying (see First-time Freshman Applicants section); or

Were eligible as freshmen at the time of high school graduation except for
the subject requirements, have been in
continuous attendance in an accredited college since high school graduation,
and

Have made up the missing subjects, or

Have completed at least 30 semester units of college course work with a
grade of C or better in each course to be selected from courses in English,
arts and humanities, social science, science and mathematics at a level at
least equivalent to courses that meet general education requirements. The 30
units must include all the general education requirements in communication
in the English language and critical thinking (at least nine semester units)
and the requirement in mathematics/quantitative reasoning (usually three
semester units) OR the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
(IGETC) requirements in English communication and mathematical concepts and
quantitative reasoning.

Upper Division Transfer Requirements

Students who have completed 56 or more transferable semester college units (84
or more quarter units) at the time of
entrance to SFSU are considered upper division transfer students. Upper division
transfer students qualify for admission if they meet the following requirements:

Have a college grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better in all transferable units
attempted. Nonresidents must have a 2.4 grade point average or better.

Are in good standing at the last college or university attended.

Have completed at least 30 semester units of college course work with a
grade of C or better in each course to be selected from courses in English,
arts and humanities, social science, science and mathematics at a level at
least equivalent to courses that meet general education requirements. The
30 units must include all of the general education requirements in communication in the
English language and
critical thinking (at least nine semester units) and the requirement in mathematics/quantitative
reasoning (usually three semester units) OR the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
requirements in English communication and mathematical concepts and quantitative
reasoning.

Provisional Admission

San Francisco State University may provisionally admit transfer applicants based on
their academic preparation and courses planned for completion. The campus will monitor the
final terms to ensure that those admitted complete all required courses satisfactorily.

ADULT STUDENTS

As an alternative to regular admission criteria, an applicant who is twenty-five years of
age or older may be considered for admission as an adult student if he/she meets all of the
following conditions:

Possesses a high school diploma (or has established equivalence through either the Tests of
General Educational Development or the California High School Proficiency Examination).

Has not been enrolled in college as a full-time student for more than one term during the
past five years.

If there has been any college attendance in the last five years, has earned a C average or
better in all college work attempted.

Consideration will be based upon a judgment as to whether the applicant is as likely to
succeed as a regularly admitted freshman or transfer student and will include an assessment
of basic skills in the English language and mathematical computation.

Re-entry and Readmit Students

The Re-entry Admissions Program (RAP) is an alternative admissions program
available to a limited number of students (not eligible to upper division
transfer students) who meet certain criteria and who are not otherwise able to
be admitted to the university as undergraduates. Students in this program must meet the admission criteria for Adult
Students (see above). RAP workshops are conducted during November, August, and
April of every year. Contact the Advising Center at 415-338-2101 for workshop
information.

Students who attended SFSU in the past (readmit students) may make an
appointment with the Advising Center to discuss readmission and graduation.

EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC RECORDS

Advanced Placement

San Francisco State University grants credit toward its undergraduate degrees for
successful completion of examinations of the Advanced Placement Program of the College
Board. Students who present scores of three or better may be granted up to six semester
units of college credit.

The university also recognizes advanced placement courses undertaken by high school
students in conjunction with a collegiate institution in those instances where the
collegiate institution has recommended credit. For additional information, the student may
call or write the Admissions Office.

Credit From Accredited Colleges

Credits earned in accredited colleges are evaluated and advanced standing allowed on
the basis of the evidence submitted on official transcripts. Credit toward the fulfillment
of graduation requirements is allowed insofar as the courses satisfactorily completed meet
the standards and requirements of the university.

Credit From Unaccredited Colleges

Credits earned in unaccredited colleges may be accepted as a basis for advanced
standing only when an applicant can demonstrate by examination, after she/he has
enrolled in the university, that a satisfactory degree of proficiency has been
attained in the courses in question. Further information will be found in the paragraph
Credit by Examination, in this section.

Credit for Community College Courses

Credit earned in accredited community colleges will be evaluated by the Admissions
Office in accordance with the following provisions:

Community college credit is allowed up to a maximum of 70 semester units. Credits and
grades earned after the student has the maximum allowable may be used on approval only to
satisfy subject and grade point requirements but under no circumstances may they be
applied toward the total units required for graduation from the university.

No upper division credit may be allowed for community college work.

Credit for one course may be transferred from a community college for a course in the
introduction to education. No other credit is allowed for professional courses in
education.

Credit By Examination

San Francisco State University grants credit to those students who pass examinations
that have been approved for credit systemwide. These include the Advanced Placement
Examination and some CLEP examinations.

Students may challenge courses by taking examinations developed at the campus. Credit
shall be awarded to those who pass them successfully. See Credit by Examination or
Evaluation (in Undergraduate Graduation Requirements) for
additional information.

Credit for Non-Collegiate Instruction

San Francisco State University grants undergraduate degree credit for successful
completion of formal instruction appropriate to the baccalaureate in non-college settings,
either military or civilian, that has been recommended by the Commission on Educational
Credit and Credentials of the American Council on Education. The number of units allowed
are those recommended in the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experience in the
Armed Services and the National Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs
.